The return of profanation as a new political language
The Hinduby M H Ilias·23 Aug 2026
In his work Profanations, Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben observes how the act of profanation applies to the game of chess and children playing with household items as toys.
From Abuja to Hangzhou (1): A handshake with the Chinese, By Max Amuchie
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
It began, unexpectedly, with a telephone call one evening in May. I was at my desk in Abuja when my phone rang.
Geregu Power and bandit capitalism?, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
...there are issues of fiscal governance. So, a senator and recent governor is paying off a reported ₦6 billion in debt to a company in which he is invested.
Nigeria’s sovereign cloud moment: Securing the infrastructure behind the digital economy, By Shuaib S. Agaka
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
Nigeria is entering a new phase of its digital journey. The country is no longer simply asking how quickly it can adopt cloud technology.
Below the Line
Business Lineby Our Bureaus·23 Aug 2026
Has the nomination of Piyush Goyal as the BJP treasurer taken the US by surprise? It is believed that Goyal could be shifted in the upcoming reshuffle and the US may have to wait to sign the trade...
The surge in solar cell imports needs to be curbed
Business Lineby Amit Manohar·23 Aug 2026
India has invested heavily in building a domestic solar manufacturing ecosystem. Over ₹1 lakh crore has been committed to establish solar cell manufacturing capacity and develop an integrated value...
Famadewa, Ribadu and a 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga's release, By Yushau A Shuaib
Premium Timesby Yushau A. Shuaib·23 Aug 2026
The logical question the ninety‑day committee must answer before drafting a single page is simple: What is the relationship between its new mandate and the frameworks that already exist?
India’s Thatcher moments
Business Lineby TCA Srinivasa Raghavan·23 Aug 2026
The year was 1990. Margaret Thatcher was the prime minister of the UK. She had won her party a third consecutive term in 1987 but by the end of 1989 she had become so hugely unpopular that her own...
Guru Ravidas envisioned a society with no place for discrimination: Haryana CM Saini
ThePrintby PTI·23 Aug 2026
Rewari, Aug 23 (PTI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said that Guru Ravidas envisioned a society where there was no place for any form of discrimination, fear or injustice, while...
Keralam’s Gulf story has another remittance: regressive ideas about women, honour and control
The South Firstby Sreelakshmi Soman·23 Aug 2026
Synopsis: Keralam’s migration story is often measured in remittances, but a 2022 World Bank study on Saudi returnees reveals a less visible impact – the transfer of conservative attitudes on women...
From employee to industry authority (2), By Yemi Adetayo
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
Don’t spend your entire career simply climbing the corporate ladder, while remaining unknown outside your office.
You belong to yourself: Rahul Gandhi’s shoutout to women power
National Heraldby Hasnain Naqvi·23 Aug 2026
You belong to yourself: Rahul Gandhi’s shoutout to women power At a women-only outreach in Pune, Rahul framed women’s autonomy as central to democracy and urged young women to “smash the...
The global climate has changed and Nigeria now has winter, By Testimony Jesutoye
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
The burden of our survival can no longer be deferred to the next election cycle, or packaged into desperate prayers. It falls squarely on us. We must shed our fear.
Union Minister says vested interests are trying to weaken Hindu society
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·23 Aug 2026
There are conspiracies by vested interests to weaken Hinduism and undermine the strength of India, Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi said in Dharwad on Sunday.
Is Gad Saad is building a culture-war hero persona by distorting Canadian reality?
The Conversation Canadaby Neil McLaughlin, Professor of Sociology, McMaster University·23 Aug 2026
In a few days, Gad Saad, a longtime right-wing Concordia University marketing professor, starts a new position at the University of Mississippi.
Call me Tony: A parable of corporate Nigeria, By Temitope Lakisokun
Premium Timesby Premium Times·23 Aug 2026
The awkwardness lies in the system itself: a borrowed convention that was designed to soften hierarchy but was never properly reconsidered as the generations changed… The lesson is not that young...
The midlife clock is ticking: How we understand ‘time left’ can help us use it well
The Conversation Canadaby Gloria Gutman, Professor Emerita/Research Associate Gerontology, Simon Fraser University·23 Aug 2026
In Adaptation and the Life Cycle, psychologist Bernice Neugarten tells us that we arrive in our middle years by our social clocks, not our age For many people, as Neugarten theorized, this means...
Poetry for Engineers: Safe Distance
IEEE Spectrumby Danica Radovanović·23 Aug 2026
How do I touch you across the ocean, across cold depths where light travels through glass. Not copper—fibers. Optical. Through liquid glass, through flickering light that carries you in fragments.
India’s knotty Sheikh Hasina problem
National Heraldby Faisal Mahmud·23 Aug 2026
India’s knotty Sheikh Hasina problem Faisal Mahmud explains why offering sanctuary to former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina is a tangled issue For months, Bangladesh and India had been...
The FCC Has Given Insta360 a Big Chance to Dethrone the Dominant DJI
PetaPixelby Jeremy Gray·23 Aug 2026
According to the latest BCN Ranking in Japan, DJI made all 10 of the best-selling video cameras last month. Even by DJI’s lofty standards, that level of dominance is absurd.
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